Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Life under Heaven

Feb 27, 2026
A call to resist short‑sighted, worldly values and aim for a higher standard of life under heaven. Reflections on how fleeting impulses pull us away from eternal perspective. A clear choice urged between living for transient things and living with God’s eternal purposes.
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INSIGHT

Visible World Tempts Short Sighted Living

  • Christians often live by visible, immediate values of this world rather than eternal realities.
  • R.C. Sproul contrasts life under the sun's short-sighted impulses with the remoteness of life under heaven.
INSIGHT

Momentary Impulses Seduce Believers

  • Momentary impulses press against believers and seduce them into accepting worldly values.
  • Sproul warns that yielding to these impulses means choosing to be "with it" in the world rather than "with it" under God.
ADVICE

Choose Alignment With God Over Worldly Belonging

  • Choose to be aligned with God rather than assimilated to the world.
  • Sproul states plainly that being "with it" in the world is incompatible with being "with it" under God, urging believers to prefer life under heaven.
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